unhappiness
noun
unhappiness is spelled U-N-H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, unhappiness means “The feeling of not being happy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of unhappiness is unhappinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in unhappiness?
| Letters | 11: U-N-H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unhappiness?
Unhappiness appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unhappiness?
Unhappiness has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unhappiness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unhappiness
- unhappinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unhappiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The feeling of not being happy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unhappiness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense feeling of not being happy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tristesse, malheur, infélicité |
| German | Traurigkeit, Unglück |
| Portuguese | infelicidade |
| Spanish | infelicidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unhappiness come from?
From unhappy + -ness or un- + happiness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).